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Millerovo is an
On the night of 19-20 July 2024, the Russian governor of the Rostov Oblast, Vasily Golubev, reported some 26 Ukrainian drones were shot down over the night of 19-20 July with no casualties. Other sources, local social media, quoted locals who reported some sixteen explosions near the air base, fires were reported near the base's "runway and airport apron" as well as a local oil depot.
air base
An airbase (stylised air base in American English), sometimes referred to as a military airbase, military airfield, military airport, air station, naval air station, air force station, or air force base, is an aerodrome or airport used as a mi ...
in Millerovsky District
Millerovsky District () is an administrativeLaw #340-ZS and municipalLaw #171-ZS district (raion), one of the forty-three in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative cen ...
, Rostov Oblast
Rostov Oblast ( rus, Росто́вская о́бласть, r=Rostovskaya oblastʹ, p=rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast ...
of the Russian Aerospace Forces
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as part of the 4th Air and Air Defence Forces Army
The 4th Guards Air and Air Defence Forces Army () is an Air army (Soviet Union), air army of the Russian Aerospace Forces, part of the Southern Military District and headquartered in Rostov-on-Don.
The 4th Air Army (''4 Vozdushnaya Armiya'') was ...
, Southern Military District
The Order of the Red Banner Southern Military District () is a military district of Russia.
It is one of the five military districts of the Russian Armed Forces, with its jurisdiction primarily within the North Caucasus region of the country ...
.
The base is home to the 31st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment which has two squadrons of Sukhoi Su-30
The Sukhoi Su-30 (; NATO reporting name: Flanker-C/G/H) is a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union in the 1980s by Russia's Sukhoi Aviation Corporation. It is a multirole fighter for all-weath ...
SM (NATO: Flanker-H) .
The 368th Assault Aviation Regiment 368th may refer to:
* 368th Bombardment Squadron, inactive United States Air Force unit
* 368th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Group (368 EASOG) is a support unit of the United States Air Force
* 368th Fighter Group or 136th Airlift Wing, uni ...
, with Sukhoi Su-25
The Sukhoi Su-25 ''Grach'' ( ('' rook''); NATO reporting name: Frogfoot) is a subsonic, single-seat, twin-engine jet aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Sukhoi. It was designed to provide close air support for Soviet Ground Forces. Th ...
's (NATO: Frogfoot), also deployed to Millerovo as part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
.
History
By 2022, the airbase housed 31st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment with two squadrons ofSukhoi Su-30
The Sukhoi Su-30 (; NATO reporting name: Flanker-C/G/H) is a twin-engine, two-seat supermaneuverable fighter aircraft developed in the Soviet Union in the 1980s by Russia's Sukhoi Aviation Corporation. It is a multirole fighter for all-weath ...
SM (NATO: Flanker-H). and the 368th Assault Aviation Regiment with Sukhoi Su-25
The Sukhoi Su-25 ''Grach'' ( ('' rook''); NATO reporting name: Frogfoot) is a subsonic, single-seat, twin-engine jet aircraft developed in the Soviet Union by Sukhoi. It was designed to provide close air support for Soviet Ground Forces. Th ...
's (NATO: Frogfoot).
Attacks
During theRussian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
in 2022–24, the airbase has been attacked twice by Ukrainian forces.
On 25 February 2022 reports began circulating, alongside an amateur video showing burning military installation
A military base is a facility directly owned and operated by or for the military or one of its branches that shelters military equipment and personnel, and facilitates training and Military operation, operations. A military base always provides ...
s, that Millerovo Airbase had been attacked and damaged by two Tochka-U ballistic missiles launched from Ukraine in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and to impede Russian forces from using the airbase to provide air support to Russian troops in Ukraine. There was no subsequent official confirmation from the Ukrainian or Russian armed forces regarding such an attack.
On the night of 19-20 July 2024, the Russian governor of the Rostov Oblast, Vasily Golubev, reported some 26 Ukrainian drones were shot down over the night of 19-20 July with no casualties. Other sources, local social media, quoted locals who reported some sixteen explosions near the air base, fires were reported near the base's "runway and airport apron" as well as a local oil depot.
See also
*List of military airbases in Russia
This is a List of military airbases in Russia, including the airbases used by the Russian Aerospace Forces, Russian Naval Aviation, National Guard of Russia and aircraft repair depots. The list includes overseas Russian airbases including those i ...
References
{{Reflist Buildings and structures in Rostov Oblast Russian Air Force bases